{"id":33952,"date":"2024-08-29T08:15:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T08:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entri.app\/question-answer\/what-is-the-correct-alignment-during-a-total-lunar-eclipse\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T08:15:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T08:15:17","slug":"what-is-the-correct-alignment-during-a-total-lunar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entri.app\/question-answer\/what-is-the-correct-alignment-during-a-total-lunar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the correct alignment during a total lunar eclipse ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind Earth and into its shadow. This can occur only when the Moon, Earth, and Sun are exactly or very closely aligned, with Earth between the other two. A lunar eclipse can occur only on the night of a full moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind Earth and into its shadow. 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